Sun shield for automobiles



vv. F. SPRENGNETHER. SUN SHIELD FOR AUTMBILES.

APPLICA-HON FILED MAY20,19'21. I Lfz@ Patented Aug. 29, @El

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W. F. SPRENGNETHER suIII SHIELD ma AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION HLEDMAY 20.1921.

Paened Aug. 299 i922.

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W f L IIN. IMI/m m IIM... e u II I entren erases, serene WILLIAM E SPRENG-NETHER. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T@- RCHARD PIRKENSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURL SUN SHIELD FOR AUTQMOBILES.

Application filed May 20,

To all yUwm if may concern.'

Be it known that l, llri'LLIAM F. SPRENG- Nn'rinnna citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, haveY invented certain new and useful improvements in Sun Shields for Automobiles, 0f which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in snn-shields for automobiles and consists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the present invention is to provide a sun-shield that may he applied to any automobile without modifying the construction thereof; one that may be locked in either raised or lowered position` and when locked in lowered position. the sun-shiel`d will be disposed over the wind-shield so as to obscure the vision from the drivers seat. Thus when the car is unoccupied unauthorized persons will be prevented from driving the same. A further object is to construct a. sunshield that is simple, consisting of but few parts, and one possessing other and further advantages better apparent from a detailed description ot the invention in connection with the accompanying` drawings in which* Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an automobile 'showing my invention applied tl'lereto; Fie'. 2 is a front view ot my improved lsun-shield applied to the windshield standards, the sun-shield being raised; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the sun-shield lowered in trout of n large part of the windshield, part being broken away; Fig. 4 is a vertical crosssection on the line 4 -4 of Fig. 3: Fig. 5 is a bottom view of a part of the shield showing the lockingl rods and housing' therefor; Fig. (3 is an enlarged view ot .the locking mechanism for the rods; Fig. 7 is n cross-sectional detail on the line 'T 7 of Fig'. 6; Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. G with the locking hasp raised.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an automobile provided with the usual wind y shield standards 1, 1 between which are Vmounted the sections 2, 2 of the wind-shield, as well understood in the art.

In order that the eyes of the driver may lbe shielded from the sun, 1 provide a sunshield 3, 'pivotelly mounted in bearings 4, It

Specification of Letters Patent. Pgjtmytgd Aue; 29, @9i/32m 1921. Serial No. 471,210.

'formed at the' top of suitable brackets 5, 5 screwed, or otherwise secured, to the windshield standards 1. 1.

The brackets 5, 5 are provided with lobes 6,6 adjacent the standards 1, 1 and in each lobe is a hole o; and the brackets are formed with horizontal arms 7, 7 which have arcuate dependlng portions 8, 8 on their extremities 1n each of which is a series of holes 0. @n the underside ot the shield 3,- near lthe tree edge thereof is a pair of bearings 9, 9 and mounted in these bearings is a rod 1() termihating` at its inner end in an ear 11 project mg through a slot 12 in the shieid 3. A second rod 1 3 is mounted in bearings 1st, 1e on the shield and in alinement with bearings 9, 9, the rod 13 also terminating at its inner end in an ear 11f which projects through the slot 12. lThe rods 10 and 13 have springs 15, 15 coiled about them, the spring 15 op erating between the inner bearing 9 and a. pin 16 in the rod 1() and the spring 15 operating' between the inner bearing 14 and a pin 16 in the rod 13. 1t wili be seen by referring to Figures 5 and 6 that the springs 15` 15 keep the rods 10 and 13 forced outwardly, the ends of the rods extending' be yond the ends ot the shield 1, and the cars 11, 11 bearing against the edges of the slot 12'; Hinged to the top or outer surface ot the shield 1, and contiguous to the inner edge of the slotv 1:? is a hasp 17 adapted to passover'an eye or staple 18 secured in the shield on the side of the slot 12 opposite the liasp. The hasp has a rectangular body portion 1? substantially the samel width as the space bet/weenthe ears 11` 11 when the rods 10 rand 13 are extended under influence of the springs. Now when the hasp 17 is passed over the staple 18 the ears 11, 11 areron ,fined between the edges et the hasp body and the edges ot the slotI '12, so that on placing' a lock L through the staple it is impossibie to move the ears 11, 11 or rods 10, 13.. 1n other words, the rods are locked against movement.

ln operating my improved vsun-shield the operator presses together the ears 11. 11 with his fingers (there being a partit-ion a through the middle of the slot 1Q, to insure 'that both rods will be drawn inwardly the same amount) whereupon the rods 10, 13

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will be drawn in until they are inside the inner edge of the hiael\'et.\A .'i. 'l'he ishield l may non' he swung upwardl)v (Fig. l) and the rods 'eleassed to enler any pair ol lhe openingsl n,zil'lei'\vl1irl1 the hap is dropped over che staple and the lo l inserled'or not` as deeired. vWhen lhe ear is heim;` operaled, the shield will, ol' eourse. he raised. llo\\' over, should 'the driver desire lo park his ear for an extended period. he releases the. rods 'from the openings o, and drops the, shield down until the rods are in alinemenl with the openings oy when the rods are released into the openings and the hasp lol-hed over ille staple` The wind-shield is non' largely Covered by the shield l so that should an unauthorized person want to drive the `Car he will be unable to do so heeause his vision is obscured by the shield l which lies in a plane. just in front of the wind-shield.

n sedans or other types oiC loodiee: where the wind-shield is mounted in a frame, the standards l, 1 being' dispensed with, the brackets 5, 5 may he monned direely no ihis ran'ie.

From the ahove it will be apparent that have provided a simple device which oombines the function of an automobile lock and sun-Shield, and consists of comparatively few parte. il

llavin'e4 deserihed my invention` l elaim:

l. suirshield l'or aulomohiles provided \vilh hraekels mounled on holh Hidey al the l'ronl oi the auloinohile. :i vhield pivolallv mounled helween said l i'a -l\'els spring-vonirolled rods mounted ou the hil-ld and proieeling oul.\\'al'dl.v l'rom lhe ends thereo'l", aid rods heine" adapted lo enlor openings in, lie hraeh'els l'oiiholding the shield in posilion. the inner ends ol said rodi` heinjg provided with ears pi'ojerting through an opening" in the shield7 a hasp pivoled lo the shield and adapted to he positioned helaveen said ears, and means Vfor hieking; said haap against displaeemenli.

sun-shield for automohiles provided ivilh hraekels mounted on holh sides al the lron ol the automobile7 a shield pivolially mounted hehveen said hraekeis, spring-oontrolled rods mounted on the shield und projecting' ouvardly from the endeI thereof, said rods being' adap'ed to enter openings in Jdie hraeh'eis for holdingl the shield in position.y means `interposed between the rods `l'or holding them against movement, and a lock for said holding means.

in lestimony whereofI hereunto alix my signature.

WILLIAM F. SPRENGNETHER. 

